920 research outputs found
El bautizo de Aida Lucía, sobre la afrorreparación
Get PDFRESUMEN: Las huellas de la esclavización a la que fue sometida una parte de la población africana durante la trata esclavista desatada a partir de la conquista de América por los europeos, pueden ser aún visibles desde diferentes perspectivas. En el marco de los Estudios del Caribe, esas huellas pueden extenderse hasta el Pacífico colombiano, lugar donde se centra este texto. Aida Lucía Angulo Díaz es una bebé nacida en Buenaventura, el más importante puerto comercial sobre el Pacífico colombiano, y al ser la autora nombrada su madrina de bautizo, este hecho le permite poner en análisis la multiplicidad de elementos que hacen complejos los procesos de reparación de la memoria africana de los ancestros de su ahijada y su entorno social. El texto es un análisis de hasta qué punto es posible la afrorreparación en una población de clara descendencia africana, en la que también elementos culturales de las sociedades que los han marginado, como el bautizo católico, están fuertemente arraigados en ellos. Al ser el bautizo católico una práctica cultural propia de las sociedades europeas, el texto constituye un juego entre lo simple y lo complejo, entre lo inmediato y los procesos de larga duración, entre el presente y el pasado, entre lo académico y lo cotidiano, entre los intereses propios y los ajenos. Por eso este es también un texto de carácter auto reflexivo, al estar inevitablemente la autora inmersa dentro de toda esa complejidad a la que se refiere en su análisis.ABSTRACT: The treads of the slavery that suffered a portion of the African population during the slavers’ trade arose since the conquer of America by the Europeans, can be apparent from different views. In the background of the Caribbean Studies, those treads can extend to the Colombian Pacific, place where this paper is focused. Aida Lucía Angulo Díaz is a baby girl born in Buenaventura, the most important commercial harbour over the Colombian Pacific region, and being the author named her godmother, this fact allows her to put in an analysis the multiplicity of elements that make complex the reparation processes of the African memory of the ancestors of her goddaughter and her social environment. The text is an analysis about how much is possible the African reparation in a population with a clear evidence of African roots, where also cultural elements of the societies that have excluded them, as the catholic baptism, are strongly established in them. Being the catholic baptism a cultural practice that belongs to the European societies, the text constitutes a game between the simple and the complex, between the immediate and the long terms’ processes, between the present and the past, between the academic and the quotidian, between the own interests and the somebody’s else. That’s because this is also a text of auto reflexive kind, being the author unavoidably immerse in all that complexity that she refers in her analysis.Pregrad
Application of Matrix Equations in the Aida Method
No full textThe article presents the problem of a decision-making process based on the method known as the analysis of interconnected decision areas (AIDA). Author described the basic assumptions of the AIDA method and the classic method of its implementation with the usage of a decision tree. Crucially, the new and innovative improvement in development of the AIDA method is connected with the replacement of the decision tree by the matrix equation to speed up the cost assessment of decision variants
Contemporary Art in Japan and Cuteness in Japanese Popular Culture
Get PDFThis thesis is an art historical study focussing on contemporary Japan, and in particular the artists Murakami TakashL Mori Mariko, Aida Makoto, and Nara Yoshitomo. These artists represent a generation of artists born in the 1960s who use popular culture to their own ends. From the seminal exhibition 'Tokyo Pop' at Hiratsuka Museum of Art in 1996 which included all four artists, to Murakami's group exhibition 'Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture' which opened in April 2005, central to my research is an exploration of contemporary art's engagement with the pervasiveness of cuteness in Japanese culture.
Including key secondary material, which recognises cuteness as not merely something trivial but involving power play and gender role issues, this thesis undertakes an interdisciplinary analysis of cuteness in contemporary Japanese popular culture, and examines howcontemporary Japanese artists have responded, providing original research through interviews with Aida Makoto, Mori Mariko and Murakami Takashi. Themes examined include the deconstruction of the high and low in contemporary art; sh6jo (girl) culture and cuteness; the relation of cuteness and the erotic; the transformation of cuteness into the grotesque; cuteness and nostalgia; and virtual cuteness in Japanese science fiction animation, and computer games.
Director of Studies: Toshio Watanabe
Supervisors: David Ryan and Omuka Toshihar
Research positioning & trend identification: a data-analytics toolbox
No full textAIDA was an initiative of TU Delft scientific staff in cooperation with TU Delft Library and Leiden University’s Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS). The aim of the AIDA project was to provide TU Delft researchers and faculties with easy-to-use tools for research positioning and trend identifi cation.This booklet introduces a toolbox that will help a wide range of end-users – such as PhD candidates, researchers, group leaders, and university policymakers – to position their research and identify important patterns and trends within their domains of interest. The information provided and the case studies presented were developed based on the questions received from end-users at TU Delft. In compiling this information, extensive use was made of the experience of Leiden University’s Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) and the Research Support of TU Delft library. The presentation style is meant to be visual and easy to use, and to provide practical benefits.In this booklet, we first introduce the researcher’s toolbox, which consists of data collection, analysis, and communication tools. We then provide a list of frequent questions that we have received from our end-users and for each question we indicate the pages in which relevant case studies can be found. Each case study shows some of the methods that can be used to position research and identify trends. We provide a sample illustration and its description for each case study. We explain WHAT the case study is about, WHY it is important, WHO can benefi t from it, and HOW you can replicate it or make similar ones based on the data at hand.Transport Engineering and Logistic
Giuseppe Verdi "Aida" - complete scenographic project of opera
No full textTato bakalářská práce pojednává o opeře Aida. V první části práce je představeno dílo Giuseppeho Verdi, okolnosti vzniku libreta, první inscenace a přijetí opery veřejností. Další kapitola věnovaná egyptománií v období vzniku opery a část zabývající se vlivem egyptského umění na českou kulturu 19. a 20. století. V následující kapitole jsou podrobně popsány scénografické postupy, které využil ve své realizaci opery Aida František Tröster v roce 1957. V závěrečné části je představeno kostýmní a scénografické řešení Aidy, které vytvořila autorka bakalářské práce.This bachelor thesis deals with opera Aida. Firstly, the original work of Giuseppe Verdi is introduced and set in a broader context: the emergence of a libretto, the first production and an reaction of the public. The following part is about egyptomania in the years of the first production and in 19th and 20th century and his influence on Czech culture. The third part of the thesis is about the stage design of Aida by Frantisek Tröster from 1957. In the final part is presented the solution of costume and stage design for Aida which were created by the author of the bachelor thesis
ANALISIS KEISHIKI MEISHI AIDA NI DAN UCHI NI SEBAGAI SINONIM
Get PDFDalam pembelajaran bahasa Jepang, pembelajar bahasa Jepang dihadapi oleh berbagai kendala, salah satunya adalah kosakata yang bersinonim, terutama apabila kata bersinonim tersebut adalah hal yang abstrak. Oleh karena itu, pada penelitian ini penulis menganalisis sepasang kata bersinonim yang termasuk ke dalam jenis kata keishiki meishi. Keishiki meishi sendiri merupakan bagian dari meishi atau kata benda yang menunjukkan hal-hal yang abstrak seperti waktu. Dan keishiki meishi bersinonim yang diteliti penulis adalah aida ni dan uchi ni. Kedua keishiki meishi ini sama-sama memiliki makna “saat” dalam bahasa Indonesia. Metode yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah analisis deskriptif. Dan setelah melakukan analisis terhadap kedua kata tersebut, maka dapat dijelaskan persamaan, perbedaan, dan tingkat probabilitas kedua kata tersebut saling menggantikan. Hasilnya adalah bahwa kosakata aida ni dan uchi ni dapat diartikan sebagai “saat”, “ketika”, “selama” dan “selagi” dalam bahasa Indonesia. Keduanya sama-sama berfungsi sebagai ungkapan yang menunjukkan bahwa sebuah klausa bawahan adalah latar yang sedang berlangsung saat hal yang ditunjukkan klausa inti terjadi. Latar yang ditunjukkan dapat berupa waktu, keadaan atau aktivitas. Aida ni memiliki makna “saat” secara konsisten apabila diikuti oleh semua jenis kata, kecuali kata kerja bentuk -ta yang dapat mengubah makna aida ni menjadi “sebelum” dan kata keterangan yang dapat mengubah makna aida ni menjadi mengikuti makna kata keterangan itu sendiri. Kemudian uchi ni juga memiliki makna “saat” secara konsisten dengan pengecualian apabila diikuti kata kerja bentuk -nai, maka makna uchi ni akan berubah menjadi “sebelum”. Dan dalam situasi tertentu, apabila diikuti sebuah kata sifat, maka makna uchi ni juga dapat berubah menjadi “sebelum”. Sama seperti aida ni, makna uchi ni juga akan mengikuti makna kata keterangan yang mengikutinya. Dan perbedaannya adalah bahwa aida ni merupakan waktu objektif sementara uchi ni dapat menjadi sebuah dorongan. Keduanya dapat saling menggantikan kecuali apabila aida ni diikuti oleh kata kerja bentuk -ta. Oleh karena itu, pergantian kedua kosakata tersebut dalam satu kalimat yang sama akan berdampak terjadinya perubahan makna dan penekanan kalimat tersebut.
In learning Japanese, Japanese learners are faced with various obstacles, one of which is a synonymous vocabulary, especially if the synonymous word is an abstract thing. Therefore, in this research author analysed a pair of synonymous words that belong to the formal noun type of word class. The formal noun itself is a part of a noun which shows abstract things like time. And the synonymous formal nouns that author researched are aida ni and uchi ni. Both of these formal nouns have the same meaning of “saat” in Indonesian. The method used in this research is descriptive-analytic research method. And after analysing the two words, the similarities, differences, and the level of possibility of replacing each other are able to be explained. The result is that the vocabulary of aida ni and uchi ni can be interpreted as “saat”, “ketika”, “selama” and “selagi” in Indonesian. Both function as an expression that indicates a subordinate clause is a setting that is taking place when the thing shown by a main clause occurs. The said setting can be as a time, condition or activity. Aida ni has a consistent meaning of “during” when being followed by all kind of words with the exception if aida ni is followed by verb in -ta that could change the meaning of aida ni to “before” and adverbs can also change the meaning of aida ni to have the same meaning as the said adverbs. Then, uchi ni also has a consistent meaning of “during” with the exception if uchi ni is followed by verb in -nai form, the meaning that uchi ni has will change into “before”. For some cases, if followed by an adjective, the meaning of uchi ni will also turn into “before”. Just like aida ni, the meaning that uchi ni has will also change into the meaning of the adverbs that follows it. And the difference is that aida ni is an objective time while uchi ni can act as a reason. Both can replace one another unless the aida ni is followed by a verb in -ta form. In addition, the replacement of the two vocabularies in the same sentence will cause an impact on the meaning and emphasis of the sentence
A style study of the Apostle Paul’s communication with Festus and Agrippa: The use of literary Koine Greek in Acts 25:14–22; 26:1–29
Get PDFThis article defines style, stylistics and literary koine Greek and analyses the literary koine Greek employed in Luke’s recording of the Apostle Paul’s court case at Caesarea in Acts 25:14– 22; 26:1–29. The principles and methodology in stylistics are explained and an overview of some of the style studies in the last 30 years is made. Paul demonstrates a literary style of Greek when speaking with Festus and Agrippa. Stylistics defines ‘style’ as the choices an author makes (whether conscious or subconscious) amongst linguistic possibilities (usually but not always a choice amongst grammatical possibilities). In grammatical studies, rhetoric is the manner of writing. Style study helps to observe the author’s emphasis, analogies and message, and helps with the appreciation of communication.
Keywords: style, stylistics, rhetorical criticism, literary criticism, figures of speech, imagery, genre, metaphor, literary koine, optative mood, Apostle Paul, Luke, Marcus Julius Agrippa II, Julia Berenice, Porcius Festus, Theophilus, Longinus, aesthetic effect
Social Texture in the Fiction of Aida Rivera
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Seldom is there so wide a range of critical assessment of the quality of an author\u27s work as there is in the case of Aida Rivera\u27s Now and at the Hour and Other Short Stories.1 This collection won a major American literary prize, the 1954 Hopwood Award for fiction.2 Alberto Benipayo was so impressed with this achievement that he reproduced two paragraphs of highly laudatory commentary by one of the Hopwood Award\u27s judges, Nolan Miller..
Industry use cases for the Java environment for parallel realtime development
Get PDFMulticore systems have become standard on desktop computers today and current operating systems and software development tools provide means to actually use the additional computational power efficiently. A more fundamental change, however, is required to fully exploit the power of multicore systems. Furthermore, the fast growing market of embedded systems, up to now, is much less affected by the introduction of parallel technologies. This is already changing quickly today. Tools for efficient development of reliable embedded software are demanded. This is in particular true for tools that are able to guarantee hard real-time requirements.
The Jeopard project has addressed these demands by developing software tools to exploit multicore power while ensuring correctness and predictable timing.
In this paper, we will present the industrial use cases that have been developed in the scope of jeopard to validate the tools against requirements from real-world industry examples. The first use case is a radar application developed at
Cassidian in Ulm, Germany, where hard real-time requirements and demanding performance requirements had to be met; the second is an avionics application developed at GMV in Lisbon, Portugal, where hard real-time requirements and
strict safety constraints had to be addressed
A internacionalização de empresas pela AIDA para os PALOP e/ou Brasil-Ceará
No full textMestrado em GestãoO presente trabalho tem como propósito responder a questão "qual o interesse
estratégico de empresas do distrito de Aveiro se internacionalizarem para os
Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (PALOP) e/ ou Brasil -
Ceará?". O objeto de estudo surgiu após a integração num estágio curricular
na AIDA - Associação Industrial do Distrito de Aveiro - e levou à revisão da
literatura dos temas estratégia e internacionalização, assim como ao trabalho
de campo (6 entrevistas a colaboradoras da AIDA), proporcionando as
componentes conceptual e empírica.
Verificou-se que o setor de atividade é fundamental para o sucesso das
empresas nas missões. Designadamente, bastantes empresas ligadas ao
setor metalomecânico, que tendem a recorrer a estes mercados dos PALOP e/
ou Brasil - Ceará, alcançaram, em muitos casos, o sucesso - isto é, a
concretização de negócios com novos clientes e / ou o investimento direto
nesses países.
O contributo do presente trabalho reside também na perspetiva, resultante de
um inquérito desenvolido no âmbito do estágio no Gabinete de Relações
Exteriores da AIDA, de que ainda que se verifique uma janela de oportunidade
para algumas das empresas nos referidos mercados (PALOP e Brasil -
Ceará), entende-se que, para o sucesso efetivo destas empresas, outras
formas de empreender poderiam ser colocadas em prática, nomeadamente
alianças estratégicas entre pequenas e médias empresas (PME) de setores
semelhantes, a nível local (Portugal), para competirem a nível internacional
com os respetivos líderes de mercado. Desta forma, sugere-se lutar pela
competitividade não só nos PALOP mas também nos mercados
desenvolvidos, tais como Alemanha, Estados Unidos da América e/ ou países
escandinavos - pois somente com clientes exigentes e com a pressão de
concorrentes fortes poder-se-ão criar indústrias desenvolvidas e capazes de
competir ao mais elevado nível e pelos melhores clientes, com poder de
compra e fontes de inovação (Porter, 1990). Estas lições parecem, por ezes,
esquecidas, mas segundo Gibbs (2007) um dos propósitos da investigação é
também o de lembrar o que foi esquecido e/ ou ignorado.
As entrevistas realizadas ofereceram contributo na medida em que
proporcionam a compreensão dos motivos para as empresas portuguesas
escolherem estes mercados, das razões para o sucesso ou insucesso nos
PALOP e/ ou Brasil - Ceará, do investimento e esforço por parte das entidades
não-governamentais portuguesas em internacionalizar empresas do setor da
metalomecânica, das forças e fraquezas das missões empresariais, de que
aspetos fazem da AIDA um agente de mudança e das áreas em que poderia
haver maior diligência por parte da AIDA.São também sugeridas
recomendações a associação, entre outras, a inclusão das questões culturais
de cada país nos estudos de mercado não só sobre PALOP e Brasil - Ceará,
mas também nos estudos de mercado do distrito de Aveiro, assim como de
Portugal, para fazer divulgação a potenciais importadores; melhoria de
processos, implementando-se um software de gestão/ partilha de
conhecimento das várias oportunidades de negócio, rentabilizando o processo
de estabelecimento de interesse em realizar negócio, no âmbito do EEN
(Entelprise Eumpe Netwrk); intervenção na plataforma do IAPMEI por
informáticos habilitados; e armazenamento de dados em cloud storage - um
serviço do género da Dropbox, de modo a rentabilizar o tempo dispendido,
assim como a tornar as pastas acedidas via intranet mais pequenas.This paper aims to answer the question "what is the strategic interest of
Aveiro's companies to internationalize to PALOP [Portuguese-speaking African
Countries] and / or Brazil - Ceara?". The objective of the study emerged while
doing an internship at AIDA - Industrial Association of the District of Aveiro -
and led to a literature review of topics such as strategy and internationalization,
as well as to some field work (interviews of 6 AIDA employees) providing both
conceptual and empirical components.
It was found that the activity of the sector is critical for the companies' success
in the entrepreneurial missions. In fact, companies related to the mechanical
and metallurgical sectors archieved, in many cases, success (i.e, business with
new customers and/ or direct investment in these countries) as these specific
sectors tend to appeal to PALOP and Brazil - Ceará.
The contribution of this work lies as well in the perspective resultant from a
survey developed during the internship in AIDA's External Relations Office -
that although there is a window of opportunity for some companies in those
markets (PALOP and Brazil - Ceara), it is understood that, for the effective
success of these companies, other forms of entrepreneurship could also be put
into practice, including strategic alliances between small and medium
enterprises (SMEs) with similar sectors, locally (Portugal), to compete
internationally with the respective market leaders. Thus, it is suggested not only
to fight for competitiveness in PALOP and / or Brazil - Ceara, but also in
developed markets, such as Germany, the United States of America and / or
Scandinavian countries - because only with demanding clients and with the
pressure of strong competitors will there be an incentive to create developed
and capable industries able to compete at a higher standard, with the best
customers, that is, with purchasing power and innovation sources (Porter,
1990). These lessons seem sometimes forgotten, but according to Gibbs
(2007) one of the purposes of research is also to remind us of what has been
forgotten and / or ignored.
The interviews offered a contribution in that they provided information to
understand the reasons for Portuguese companies to choose these markets,
the justifications for them to succeed or fail in PALOP and/ or Brazil - Ceara
markets, the motives for non-governmental Portuguese organizations to invest
and put efforts into the mechanical and metallurgical Portuguese firms'
internationalization, which factors are advantageous or disadvantageous in
entrepreneurial missions, which aspects make AIDA a change agent and which
areas the organization should be more diligent in.
Recommendations were also suggested to AIDA. Among others, a) the
inclusion of cultural issues in each country's market survey, not only in
PALOP's and Brazil - Ceara's, but also in Aveiro's, as well as Portugal's, in
order to better disseminate them to potential importers; b) process
improvements, by implementing a knowledge sharing management software to
disclose several business opportunities, which would shorten the process of
expressing interest in conducting business within the EEN (Enterprise Europe
Network); c) intervention in the IAPMEI platform by IT specialists; and d) data
storage with a cloud storage service, such as Dropbox, to saw time, as well as
to make folders (which are accessed via the intranet) smaller
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